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In August 2023, law minor girls who don't wear hijab can't go to school, aren't allowed to be hired in the future, can't get a passport, can't have a mobile phone, can't have a bank account, or internet access. [58] In August 2023, Iranian MPs have voted to review a controversial hijab law behind closed doors, potentially avoiding public debate.
The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran is a protest movement launched in September 2022 after the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young Iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. The movement demands the end of compulsory hijab laws and other forms of discrimination and oppression against women ...
The Headquarters for Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil is legally active in Iran and has the authority to coordinate with other agencies, such as the morality police, the judiciary, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the parliament, to monitor and report people who do not comply with the hijab law and other moral codes. [1] [2]
A new draft law that would enshrine harsh punishments for women and girls who fail to wear a hijab in Iran could amount to “gender apartheid,” UN experts said in a statement on Friday.
Iran’s security forces reportedly assaulted the woman and tore off her clothes inside Tehran’s Islamic Azad University science and research branch on Saturday for not following strict hijab rules.
Following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old K urdish Iranian, in a hospital Sept. 16 after being detained for allegedly breaking the laws governing dress, the hijab became a symbol of ...
Senior conservative politician Ali Larijani, in response to excessive state enforcement of hijab laws, called for a "re-examination" of the enforcement of mandatory hijab, and acknowledged that the protests have deep political roots, and are not simply the result of a US or Israeli plot.
A potential shift in Iran's strict enforcement of the Islamic dress code comes amid the looming Hijab and Chastity Bill which threatens harsher penalties